adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
rusty brown (= an orange-brown colour )
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It was autumn and the leaves were already rusty brown.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
iron
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As soon as the adventurers enter, two of the Skeletons will rip their rusty iron manacles out of the floor and attack.
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One end of a bridge had torn loose or been dislodged, wedging tons of rusty iron in the entrance.
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One or two ancient graves were neglected, rusty iron crosses dangling broken beadwork bouquets.
nail
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Thérèse did not possess a hair shirt, or a belt spiked with rusty nails , or a scourge.
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Tetanus: it doesn't have to be a rusty nail , the caption read.
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In one bony hand he clutched an oak club driven through with rusty nails .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A rusty old car had been abandoned at the side of the road.
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an old rusty bicycle
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I hadn't practiced for a long time, so I was really rusty .
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I opened the rusty iron gate and walked up the path.
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My Spanish is pretty rusty .
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The bicycle looked a bit rusty , but it worked.
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We haven't played in a long time, we might be a little rusty .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Appalled by rusty , jagged equipment, she proposed replacing it in 1987.
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As soon as the adventurers enter, two of the Skeletons will rip their rusty iron manacles out of the floor and attack.
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I imagined dead mice and old wires curled recklessly in the walls, rusty pipes among antique fixtures.
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I turn a rusty handle in the part of my brain that handles mental arithmetic.
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I was rusty , my timing was a little off.
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It was attached to a rusty chain hidden in the bracken.
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The rusty wheels of his memory began to work.
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There was an old rusty freighter out in the bay that was used as a buoy.